Agreements With Anixter, Pan Dacom, Conectis, IT Way, Attrix and Others
Support Growing Roster of Resellers for LightPointe's High-Speed Outdoor
Wireless Products
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- LightPointe, a designer and
manufacturer of high-speed outdoor wireless products, today announced the
expansion of its international channel operations through new agreements with
distribution partners in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. The
distribution agreements with Anixter, Pan Dacom, Conectis, IT Way, Artec,
Profitek SA, Attrix, TR Corporation/IDS, and Optical Solutions Australia build
upon strong momentum begun last year in the enterprise and service provider
markets.
"LightPointe's successes to date have been based on the ability to
identity and attract strong channel partners," says Steve DeWindt, LightPointe
senior vice president of worldwide sales. "We are a channel-driven company.
As we continue to grow and introduce exciting, new outdoor wireless products,
the addition of these major distributors helps us broaden our reach and better
serve a global customer base in need of high-bandwidth, point-to-point
connectivity solutions."
Among other things, the new distribution agreements provide LightPointe
with improved entry gateways into international service provider markets, and
enterprise vertical market segments, including corporate, government,
education and health care. The most recently signed distribution partners for
LightPointe and their geographic regions of focus are:
* Anixter -- Latin America
* Pan Dacom -- Germany and Austria
* Conectis -- France
* IT Way -- Italy, Spain and Portugal
* Artec -- Israel
* Profitek SA -- South Africa
* Attrix -- Malaysia and Vietnam
* TR Corporation/IDS -- Australia and New Zealand
* Optical Solutions Australia -- Australia and New Zealand
LightPointe has solidified its position as the leading provider of optical
wireless solutions in the enterprise and service provider markets. The
company already has distribution agreements in the U.S. with Westcon Group and
TerraWave Solutions, as well as partner arrangements with Siemens AG and
Huawei Technologies Ltd., the $10 billion Chinese networking company. Huawei
is deploying LightPointe's optical wireless products for service provider
networks in emerging telecommunications markets outside the U.S.
LightPointe's outdoor wireless products provide high-bandwidth,
point-to-point connectivity of up to 1.25 Gbps. The company's most recent
product-the FlightStrata 100 XA-is the first of its kind to blend optical
wireless and unlicensed radio frequency with fully integrated auto-switching
capability for 99.999 percent network availability and uptime. The company's
optical wireless products include the FlightStrata, the world's only four-beam
product with auto tracking; the FlightLite, a single-beam, entry-level
product; and the FlightSpectrum, a two-beam wireless service provider product.
LightPointe is headquartered in San Diego, California, where it also develops
and manufactures its outdoor wireless products.
About LightPointe
LightPointe designs and manufactures high-speed optical wireless products
based on free-space optics (FSO) technology for cost-effective bridging in
enterprise and carrier networks. The company's patented DualPath architecture
integrates auto-switching and license-free 5.8 GHz radio frequency (RF)
technology as a secondary and redundant data path for industry-leading
99.999 percent network availability and uptime. LightPointe products have
been deployed in more than 60 countries, and the company is recognized
worldwide for the highest standards of quality and service. To learn more,
please visit http://www.lightpointe.com
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CONTACT:
Jeff Bean of LightPointe, +1-858-643-5319,
jbean@lightpointe.com; or Sue Hetzel of HetzelMeade
Communications, +1-760-434-9927, sue@hetzelmeade.com, for
LightPointe
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